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Hey guys, I just wanted to throw this link out there in case anybody hadn't seen it yet. It's a relatively low viewed YouTube channel from someone named Fran Fernandez. (There is a different name in his HX Edit account, but hey, it's a YouTube channel. :-) ) His Helix LT is running 2.81.1, as is clear in the video. I've listed some bullet points of issues that it shows in this 5-minute video, in case it's not available in all regions. After seeing what this guy's going through, I'm going to hold off on doing anything. I'm going to sit at 2.80 until this is resolved. The only thing that I had noticed so far on my LT at 2.80 is that the volume level edit for the strings on my Variax wouldn't hold when I switched to a patch where I had muted the bottom two. Even though it shows on the LT screen as having the E & A strings at zero, they are at normal volume. Just a quick tweak of the knob for each string and a double-tap to save is an easy on-stage fix, and I was thinking of mapping the pedal controller to make that even easier until a bug fix came out, but now, seeing that people are having issues with the pedals, too, I'm holding off on any updates. First world problems, in my book. Anyway, here are the big, scary issues I saw in Fran's video. I have no idea if he followed the proper procedures when making his update, but he seems pretty thorough in his demo. At one point, there's a genuine panic moment when he gets a black Screen of Death. Not good. (Consider that a trigger warning if you like, fellow Helix users.) HX Edit Garbled preset names in setlist Ineffective patch copy Incorrect screen display Setlist presets disappear completely! Problems persist on reboot. Helix LT Vertical and horizontal noise color bands on display He claims the the joystick doesn't work, but I don't really see that Improper signal chain representation on display "Connection interrupted" message Black Screen of Death (probably at the same time as the preset list blanking, above.) At the time I'm posting this, the video only has 82 views. 83 now, after I've watched it again. I hope this helps Fran out. Stace